Blogs from Czech Republic, Europe - page 241

hello world- unfortunately not too much to report today. it was basically another day of class- with 5 speakers representing american brands this time. they were "meh" basically i enjoyed yesterday a little more. but we did have a slightly interesting experience this morning-- we were supposed to be at the classroom building at 9:00--- at 8:30 we were getting ready to leave, and so we went downstairs but couldn't find someone in our group. so katie ran upstairs to find her (actually, she had to wait for the slow as molasses elevators since we're on the 4th floor) and as soon as katie went up, we found the person- they had actually been downstairs. so then we had to wait for katie to come down (the downside to no cell phones lol) so by the ... read more

Today was another busy day. For the most part, we stayed in the same place, the classroom building. We had class from 9:00 am until about 4:30. In class, we heard a series of speakers talk about how their organizations represented the Brand Czech Republic. These organizations included the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Centers, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, CzechInvest (the best speaker by far), Budweiser Budvar, Czech Airlines, and Skoda Automobiles. Some of the speakers were a little boring. However, the presentations definitely reinforced some of the things we already talked about, and I did learn a few new things. Tomorrow will bring more speakers, mainly talking about the Brand USA. I didn't take any pictures today so far, but I did upload the pictures my friends and I have been taking. Here ... read more

Another busy (and especially warm…yeah, no AC ANYwhere) day, and it’s not even over yet! We did manage to get breakfast today in the dorm- they give us all cards with 70 crowns each on them (about 3 dollars, a little more). Then you go thru the line just picking out what you want—all I could pick out was a box of orange juice and 2 rolls lol. But then I got to the front of the line, and the woman rang that up as only being 20 crowns, so she just reached over and picked a bottle of voda with gas (my fav! Dad- I know you love it too!) and another juice box for me lol. So this was still only 50 crowns…but apparently that was enough. I appreciated it though, and saved the ... read more

Ahoj! Today was another busy day for me in the Czech Republic. We started off our day with class in an advertising agency, Young and Rubicam. The nice thing about having class in the agencies is that they have food and drink laid out for us. Anyway, in class this morning, our discussion centered around the Brand Czech Republic (yesterday we talked about Brand USA). This was actually very interesting. We ended up having a long conversation about logos for the country, apparently they've been trying for a long time to find a logo that works. After lunch we crossed the Charles river to the other side of the city. We went up a hill to go to Mark BBDO, another advertising agency, for class. There was a gorgeous church at the top of the hill, ... read more

Today was a long day, and I should be sleeping but I am doing this instead. Be grateful. Anyway, we woke up this morning for breakfast, but we weren't able to eat anything since the place was packed and the line was so long. We ended up going to a store down the street for juice. One of the Czech students escorted us to a main building of Charles University. We took the subway there. When we got out of the subway station, I saw the streets lined with the oldest buildings I had ever seen. It was like walking into a movie or an amusement park or something, they were all old and all very pretty and decorative. We went to the University and met up with the rest of the Czech students. We had ... read more